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Kremlin’s brutal war crimes: Shocking execution and torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces

Ukraine's prosecutor has initiated a new investigation into the apparent execution of four Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces, in a case that the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, one of the oldest Ukrainian human rights organizations, has described as a clear violation of international law. Systematic executions and evidence of Kremlin's policy KHPG’s Yury Bielousov, head of the …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Japanese Americans’ pain over their mass incarceration has been minimized. New essays let them speak

LA Times

Book review The Afterlife Is Letting Go By Brandon Shimoda City Lights Books: 232 pages, $17.95 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Fourth-generation Japanese American poet Brandon Shimoda’s “The Afterlife Is Letting Go,” a well-researched, intriguing essay collection, reappraises not only the official narratives but …

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2 months ago

Japanese American groups slam Trump's 'flat-out offensive' internment camp analogy

Raw Story

A Japanese civil rights group blasted former President Donald Trump on Friday calling his statement "flat-out offensive" comparing Jan. 6 defendants to World War II internment camps. Trump's comment came during an interview Friday with MAGA podcaster Dan Bongino, in which he said, "Nobody's ever been treated like this," referring to people charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the …

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2 months, 1 week ago

"Femiphobia" motivates MAGA males: Psychologist Stephen Ducat on the gendered tribalism of Trumpism

Salon

At this point, with fewer than three weeks until Election Day, warning the American people that the election is an existential matter for the future of their democracy and freedom is the equivalent of telling a person who has suffered for years with a chronic illness that they may be unwell. Trump also told Bloomberg News that the Jan.6 attack …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

"They're animals": Trump vows mass deportation under law used to justify Japanese internment camps

Salon

During a rally in Aurora, Colorado on Friday, Donald Trump vowed to invoke a 1798 law that grants the president the ability to enact a mass deportation scheme. Trump added that he’d send in ICE and Border Patrol squads, and promise local police officers blanket immunity to enact the plan to remove 20 million people which he previously warned would …

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4 months ago

Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow’s full-scale invasion. The Russian Defense Ministry said the 115 Russian soldiers had been captured in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia two weeks ago. Drone and artillery attacks continue Five …

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4 months ago

Ukraine somberly marks 33 years of independence as war with Russia rages on

LA Times

A veteran pays his respects at a memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers at Independence Square in Kyiv on Saturday. Ukraine somberly marked its 33rd Independence Day on Saturday, setting the usual fireworks, parades and concerts aside to commemorate thousands of civilians and soldiers killed in the ongoing war with Russia. Some posed for pictures in front of the country’s blue-and-yellow …

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5 months, 1 week ago

'No regrets': Giuliani makes bizarre link between defamation trial and Japanese internment

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump's ally Rudy Giuliani is in a dire financial situation as he faces being stripped of his assets to pay a $148 million defamation judgment to Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. He went on to say that his legal situation is like “the Japanese internment during the second war.” Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

'It's complete surrender' – Olympics hero Eric Liddell and the true story behind Chariots of Fire

BBC

'It's complete surrender' – Olympics hero Eric Liddell and the true story behind Chariots of Fire Getty Images Scottish athlete Eric Liddell won the 400m gold at the Paris Olympics on 11 July 1924 – but he's just as famous for a race he didn't run. Fellow Scottish athlete Tom Riddell said this longer distance exposed Liddell's idiosyncrasies, but he …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

A survivor of the internment camp visits the memorial museum with her family members in 2015. JU CHUANJIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Among the detained civilians were notable figures such as Briton Eric Liddell, the 1924 Paris Olympics 400m track champion, and Arthur W. Hummel Jr, who later became the second US ambassador to China. Stanley's father jokingly referred to his son …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

Valentine A. Soltay, a survivor of the Weihsien internment camp, donates historical records of her birth in the camp to the museum in 2015. JU CHUANJIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Help from local Chinese Despite the wartime dangers, local Chinese villagers outside the camp risked their lives to secretly send critical intelligence to the internees, providing "very important information about the course …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

Some internees leave the camp after the war ended; People are transferred to the internment camp in Weifang, Shandong province.Internees wait in line to get water. Some of them spent more than two years in what was the largest civilian internment camp established by Japanese invasion forces in the Far East during the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

Local students visit the museum. City of peace In recognition of the unique wartime bond between over 2,000 Western expatriates and Weifang, and the city's efforts to promote peace through the transformation of the camp site into a museum, Weifang was designated as the world's 308th International City of Peace in 2021. Liu Yun, the Party chief of Weifang, said …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

Valentine A. Soltay, a survivor of the Weihsien internment camp, donates historical records of her birth in the camp to the museum in 2015. JU CHUANJIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Help from local Chinese Despite the wartime dangers, local Chinese villagers outside the camp risked their lives to secretly send critical intelligence to the internees, providing "very important information about the course …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

A survivor of the internment camp visits the memorial museum with her family members in 2015. JU CHUANJIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Among the detained civilians were notable figures such as Briton Eric Liddell, the 1924 Paris Olympics 400m track champion, and Arthur W. Hummel Jr, who later became the second US ambassador to China. Stanley's father jokingly referred to his son …

China Japanese Camp His Parents Stanley

5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

Local students visit the museum. City of peace In recognition of the unique wartime bond between over 2,000 Western expatriates and Weifang, and the city's efforts to promote peace through the transformation of the camp site into a museum, Weifang was designated as the world's 308th International City of Peace in 2021. Liu Yun, the Party chief of Weifang, said …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

John Stanley, son of internee Charles A. Stanley, gives an interview in San Francisco, California, the US in March. Returning to 'mother' After the liberation of the Weihsien concentration camp, most of the former internees returned to their homelands. "We would like to thank the Chinese that helped us," she said, adding she hoped the friendship of people from different …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

Some internees leave the camp after the war ended; People are transferred to the internment camp in Weifang, Shandong province.Internees wait in line to get water. Some of them spent more than two years in what was the largest civilian internment camp established by Japanese invasion forces in the Far East during the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese …

Japanese Western Chinese Camp Shandong Weifang

5 months, 4 weeks ago

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

China Daily

John Stanley, son of internee Charles A. Stanley, gives an interview in San Francisco, California, the US in March. Returning to 'mother' After the liberation of the Weihsien concentration camp, most of the former internees returned to their homelands. "We would like to thank the Chinese that helped us," she said, adding she hoped the friendship of people from different …

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6 months, 1 week ago

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow fears Trump may put her in a 'camp'

Daily Mail

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said she fears that Trump will put her in an internment camp in the event he is reelected this upcoming election season. In an interview with CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcey published in Monday's Reliable Sources newsletter, Maddow was asked about her concerns about being personally victimized by the Trump administration if he is to …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Review: A dark secret exposed about a World War II internment camp in ‘First Frost’

Associated Press

Walt Longmire and his deputy are poking around in his basement when she spots a relic of his youth, a hundred-pound Bob Simmons-model surfboard. In fact, it’s long enough to form the heart of “First Frost,” Craig Johnson’s 20th crime novel featuring Longmire, the sheriff of fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming. The old story is the more suspenseful one involving, among …

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9 months, 1 week ago

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know

LA Times

Students in Guwahati, India, protest against implementation of a controversial citizenship law widely criticized for excluding Muslims. India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes migrants who are Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. Critics argue that the law is further evidence that Modi’s government is trying to reshape the …

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9 months, 1 week ago

India's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here's what to know

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI — India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. Critics argue that the law is further evidence that Modi’s government is trying to reshape the country into a Hindu state and marginalize Muslims. It also amends the old law, which prevents illegal …

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9 months, 1 week ago

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes migrants who are Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. It also amends the old law, which prevents illegal migrants from becoming Indian citizens, and marks the first time that India — an officially secular state with a religiously diverse …

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Kremlin’s brutal war crimes: Shocking execution and torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces

Japanese Americans’ pain over their mass incarceration has been minimized. New essays let them speak

Japanese American groups slam Trump's 'flat-out offensive' internment camp analogy

"Femiphobia" motivates MAGA males: Psychologist Stephen Ducat on the gendered tribalism of Trumpism

"They're animals": Trump vows mass deportation under law used to justify Japanese internment camps

Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary

Ukraine somberly marks 33 years of independence as war with Russia rages on

'No regrets': Giuliani makes bizarre link between defamation trial and Japanese internment

'It's complete surrender' – Olympics hero Eric Liddell and the true story behind Chariots of Fire

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

History of WWII internment camp bonds Westerners, Chinese friends

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow fears Trump may put her in a 'camp'

Book Review: A dark secret exposed about a World War II internment camp in ‘First Frost’

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know

India's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here's what to know

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know